Skin structure in Ancistrus

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Skin structure in Ancistrus

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Garg, TK, FXV Domingos, VMF Alameida-Val & AL Val, 2010. Histochemistry and functional organization of the dorsal skin of Ancistrus dolichopterus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 8: 877–884.
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Man, I don't know much about histology, so I'm having a bit of trouble interpreting these findings. I wish the authors commented on their paper in relation to Yan (2009)'s findings of the histology of snout tentacles and skin, though.
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